By CrossRiverWatch Admin In a bid to boost education and ensure that children are in school with minimal burden to their parents and guardians, the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has distributed 180 million books in Cross River State reports the Guardian. Sylverter Nsa, the commissioner representing the state on the board of the NDDC
By Jonathan Ugbal Efforts by Nigeria’s acting President, Professor Yemi Osibanjo to quell the issues between warring communities in Akwa Ibom and Cross River States as well as Cross River and Ebonyi states may have been in vain as the three state governors stormed out of the villa wearing long faces after a meeting. Governors
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade joined nine other Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to meet former President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja Tuesday night. The meeting which CrossRiverWatch gathered began at a few minutes past 6:00PM had Jonathan’s private residence in Maitaima as
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The audit of Primary Health Workers in Cross River State will now conclude on Thursday, March 2, 2017 the Cross River State government says. This was contained in a statement signed by the Director General of the Cross River State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Betta Edu and a copy made
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade, Saturday, performed the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of 5000 housing units for the displaced people of Bakassi with funding from the Africa Nations Development Bank. The houses are to be sited at Ikpa Nkanya village in Ikot Eyo, Akpabuyo local government area
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State governor, Senator Ben Ayade and the Chief of Army Staff COAS, General Tukur Buratai yesterday commissioned the 13 Amphibious Brigade Housing scheme in Calabar. The governor also donated additional residential blocks to the Brigade and N20million worth of furniture to the officers.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A magistrate court sitting in Obubra, Cross River State has sentenced one Mr. James Ochiche to two years imprisonment for impersonating the state Commandant of Nigeria Peace Corps. In a two count charge in suit number MC/779C/2013, Ochiche was accused by the state command of the organization of impersonating as a
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River Government has called for a review of the law that led to the privatization of power generation and distribution in a bid to ensure that all investments in the sector yield revenue for the state directly. The Directors General of the Due Process and Price Intelligence department and State